Leader, Solutions Engineer-SLED, Pacific Northwest

The application window is expected to close on January 22, 2026

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Candidate must reside or be willing to relocate to the Seattle or Portland area (preferred locations) or Boise, ID area.

Meet the Team

At Cisco in our SLED market, our mission is simple:be the first to deliver cutting-edge solutions and the most impactful outcomes for our customers. Representing a diverse customer base includingstate and local governments, K-12, higher education and research institutions, we work with customers who embrace innovation to serve the people and communities they reside in. Here, you'll sell theentire Cisco portfolio, empowering organizations to transform through best-in-class networking, security, collaboration, and more. But it's not just about selling; it's abouthaving a blast with a team of incredible colleagueswhile driving successful outcomes.

We invest in you. As part of Cisco, you'll have the chance todevelop your skills and build a long-term careerin one of the most dynamic environments in tech.

If you're ready to make an impact, grow your career, and work with a team that knows how to mix success with fun, join us. Let's lead the charge in innovation together!

Your Impact

As a SLED Solutions Engineering Leader supporting our Northwestern States region (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana), you'll have the opportunity to:

- Lead and Inspire: Guide a team of Solutions Engineers, fostering innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence to deliver impactful outcomes.

- Drive Strategy: Partner with your sales leader counterpart and account manager team to influence account and business strategies that align with market and industry trends.

- Empower Your Team: Enable your team to thrive by providing the tools, resources, and guidance they need to deliver premium customer outcomes and drive the business forward.

- Collaborate Across Teams: Work with Connected Architecture teams and channel partners to provide holistic solutions that meet customer needs.

- Create Demand: Collaborate with your team to drive demand through in-person engagements with customers and partners.

- Cultivate Culture: Foster a culture of collaboration, teamwork, innovation, purpose, and courage, ensuring that wellness, self-care, and giving back are prioritized.

Key Responsibilities:

- Technical Expertise: Strong background in pre-sales engineering, with experience across security, collaboration, networking, cloud, data center and AI architectures.

- Leadership and Strategy: Skilled at account planning, resource planning, and translating Cisco's vision into a compelling value proposition for your team and customers.

- Communication: Adept at delivering clear, concise, and inspiring messages, including executive-level communications and presentations.

- People-First Approach: Committed to team wellness, prioritizing meaningful events, and fostering an environment where everyone can thrive.

- Adaptability and Resilience: Proven ability to lead through challenges, adversity, and change, always working to improve the culture and outcomes of your region.

Minimum Qualifications:

- 7+ years of pre-sales engineering experience.

- Strong technical foundation across the Cisco portfolio.

- Demonstrated leadership in guiding cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, and driving impactful results.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in engineering, science, or a related field.

- Exceptional interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

- Cisco certifications and/or industry certifications.

- Commitment to continuous learning and staying sharp on technical skills and industrytrends.

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.